Read the news report below and guess the different structures used to express the future. Then, write a comment with the structures you have guessed and I'll let you know if you were right or wrong.

One of the most talked-about matches in the history of tennis is due to take place this evening in NY. Current world number one Jokovic is to face his long-term rival Rafa Nadal in what is going to be a long and tough struggle for the top spot, according to commentators. Their last match was a narrow defeat for Nadal. 'I have worked extremely hard to come this far, and this time I'm almost 100% sure I'm about to become the most highly-ranked player in the competition', Rafa commented in a pre-match press conference. When asked about his predictions for the match, Jokovic replied: ' I've never been on better form and I'm going to show Nadal who is the boss, who is Number One, just like last time'.

Listen to him on his 200th birthday and check for yourself how Mr Charles Dickens' universal viewpoints are still relevant to our world today.

'Well, well,
well, here I am, back to chronicling society, the 21st century society, to
celebrate my birthday.

And what
have I discovered? Lots of odd issues; all predictable, though.

For
instance, the rise and fall of Goldman Sachs.

Just as
some of my wealthy characters in Little Dorrit lost their investments when the
seemingly almighty institution Merdles Bank fails, so have thousands of clients
lost theirs, due to Goldman Sachs failure.

And the crisis, oh, the world financial crisis
... I just wonder why my Micawber Principle in David Copperfield hasn't been
applied more often.'

Quite adamant,
Mr Charles Dickens, isn’t he?

Why don’t
you read some of his works and try to find other issues in them that are still
relevant to your own world?

Please
leave your comments, or, if you feel like it, become Charles Dickens yourself
and create some more chronicles.

Sam Tsui is an American boy who became the latest You Tube singing sensation after he and his friend Kurt Schneider uploaded to the Internet a video they had recorded. The video, which features five Sam Tsuis singing a famous Michael Jackson's hit, turned a huge success overnight.

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

More
than 100,000 cancers - a third of all those diagnosed each year in this country
- are caused by smoking, alcohol, unhealthy diets and obesity, research has
revealed.

The
most comprehensive review of cancer and lifestyles ever conducted in the UK
showed 45% of all cancers in men could be prevented, compared with 40% of
cancers in women.

Smoking
is still the most important factor when it comes to causing cancer -
responsible for 23% of cancers in men and 15.6% in women.

But
the review also found a lack of fruit and vegetables is responsible for 6.1% of
cancers in men, while being overweight causes 6.9% of cancers in women.

"Many
people believe cancer is down to fate or 'in the genes' and that it is the luck
of the draw whether they get it," said Professor Max Parkin, a cancer
expert at Queen Mary, University of London.

"Looking
at all the evidence, it is clear that around 40% of all cancers are caused by
things we mostly have the power to change.

"We
did not expect to find that eating fruit and vegetables would prove to be so
important in protecting men against cancer".

"And,
among women, we did not expect being overweight to have a greater effect than
alcohol."

The
work by Cancer Research UK (CRUK) found there were an estimated 314,250 cases
of cancer across the country last year, with tobacco responsible for causing
60,837 of them.

Sara
Hiom, from CRUK, said: "We know, especially during the Christmas party
season, that it is hard to watch what you eat and limit alcohol and we do not
want people to feel guilty about having a drink or indulging a bit more than
usual.

"But
it is very important for people to understand that long-term changes to their
lifestyles can really reduce their cancer risk."

"I
started doing some exercise, just step by step until I got fitter," she
told Sky News Online.

"I
now watch what I eat and I only drink socially, which is not very much at all.

"Everyone
can make changes and give themselves more of a chance.

"Little
things help, even parking the car further away from the supermarket and walking
that distance instead."

The
full research has been published in the British Journal of Cancer.

Dr
Harpal Kumar, the charity's chief executive, added: "Leading a healthy
life does not guarantee that a person will not get cancer but this study shows
that healthy habits can significantly stack the odds in our favour."

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from http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16125158

1.The research on cancer is regarded as … one

A.

a voluminous

B.

a worlwide

C.

an exhaustive

2.Almost … of smokers end up having cancer

A.

a third

B.

half the population

C.

40%

3.… run a higher risk

A.

Christmas party goers

B.

Non-vegetable male eaters

C.

Seasonal overweight females

4.It is generally believed that getting cancer is …

A.

an avoidable issue

B.

just a question of chance

C.

part of an individual’s will power

5.Some of the results drawn by the research were …

A.

already known

B.

fully shocking

C.

revealing

6.Christmas is known as a time …

A.

for
guilt

B.

to allow yourself some excess

C.

when women go overweight

7.Jackie Gledhill … cancer

A.

changed her lifestyle abruptly after

B.

never drank outdoors before

C.

remembered her experience with

8.The study has been printed …

A.

but it’s not complete yet

B.

for British journalists

C.

in a medical magazine

9.Dr. Kumar …

A.

executes a charity

B.

manages British charity

C.

works for a non-profit organization

10.Sound
habits …

A.

are a synonym of a cancer-free life

B.

lead to favourable odds

C.

minimize cancer risk factors

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